Did not manage to eat there. First time, I tried, it was still closed (around 13:00), second time, around 15:00, they suggested me the morning menu, that is basically crepes only. It seems the real food can be ordered only in the evening during the street-food market time. The owner seemed not to be very friendly to me for some reason.

Find them just before the entry to Zen beach heading north on the right side. Up the stairs a very casually inviting open air dining space. Enjoyed the tofu satay, coffee and the Queen of Thailand salad. Was okay, but nothing special.

On my fourth visit however, I had an upsetting conversation with the owner who told me she was not vegan when I asked about cooking classes and how she became vegan. She said she was not vegan, but a Buddhist. I asked her why not vegan too, I'm happy being both myself. She said she just wanted to serve vegan food because it's healthy for her customers and that Buddha ate meat. I told her thaf was a long time ago, in a very different world.

I asked if Buddha did not see humans and animals as equals and she said he did and so did she and that she'd never killed an animal in her life. I don't know how one can be un-vegan without realizing an animal's killing is involved in putting death on your plate.

I asked if she saw humans and animals as equals and would she then eat a person too if it were offered. She grew indignant and she said she would not and that it was wrong to make this association. Associations of equivalence between humans and animals are wrong? She just stated the same damned thing, herself.

Really unfortunate to learn she considers animals equal, but would eat them, but won't eat a human!

I really hope to see some humans on the menu next time, from what I read it's healthier and tastier because vapid humans don't have all that cortisol pumping through their veins like billions of tortured baby animals trapped in industrial electro-mechanical death cages; just like Buddha ate!

You'd think someone who worked in food service would know that ordering a meal requires someone to execute the meal and animal. So, it's not just killing with words, it's also the cowardice of not doing the dirty deed for oneself. According to legend, Buddha simply did not refuse food when begging. Yet, he never ordered it, and never ordered killing on his behalf. For the animals being murdered for taste pleasure, it's an important distinction.

Updated from previous review on 2024-02-15

I'm an ethical vegan so I was glad to find this new vegan cafe had opened since I was last in Koh Phangan.

I had the Tofu satay plus the 'Betel Leave' starter - however there were no betel leaves involved in my dish - huge shame as it gives this well known Thai dish a crunchy and distinctive taste. Instead, the cashew and lime mix were served in boring lettuce cups. Really disappointingly bland. If they'd have told me they didn't have betel leaves I'd have chosen something else.

The satay sauce was watery and lacking in any real heat and I didn't think the chunk of pineapple attached to the tofu on the stick didn't anything for the dish - again it just made it more watery and bland.

Although there was only me and another diner the dishes took absolutely ages to arrive.

When I went to pay, I was saddened to see a lone goldfish trapped in a small glass bowl at the counter. The bowl had virtually nothing in it beyond a small piece of greenery. Poor thing kept coming up to the small opening at the top for air. Very sad to see this in a vegan restaurant.

Won't be returning.

Thai coconuts are not vegan. They use slave labor of monkeys to harvest the coconuts for them. Monkeys are chained when not working and work Monday- Saturday from 9-5, with a short lunch break.

The training that the monkeys require is CRUEL and unnacceptable. Please vegans make some noise about